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win'rrnrn CARTER, or ASHTABULA, OHIO.

GARPET-SWEEPER.

S?ECIFICATIO]Y fbri'niilg part LettersPatent NO. 282,957, dated August 14, 1883.

i v Application filed February 16,1883. (N model.) i

To all whom it may concern.- i I I Be it known that I, WINFIELI) S. CARTE of Ashtabula, in thecounty. of Ashtabula and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and I usefulIrnprovements in Qarpet-Sweep ers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

object being to provide a sweeper with improved devices for dumpingthe pan, for adj usting the brush-hangers, for facilitating the adjustment and removal of the parts, andcompensating for wear upon the friction-wheels of the sweeper. i A further object of the invention is to simplify and cheapen carpet'-sweepers,and to pro vide a sweeper of economical and durable construction.

' The invention consists in the features of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described, and pointed .out in the claims. 25. In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective viewof a sweeper constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 21s an end view of the same. Fig. 3 is a reverse plan view. Fig. 4 is a transverse section on the line m m of Fig. 3, and Figs. 5 and 6 represent parts in detail. I

A represents the casing of the sweeper, of j y the usual form, provided on its upper portion with a spring-latch, a, adapted to receive the pivotal bail B, supported in bearings b b of the casing, and provided with an interiorlythreaded socket, O, to receive the handle of the sweeper. ,Each side A of the casing consists of two longitudinal sections, a a the lower sections, a", being provided on their in ner sides with shoulders a to receive the outer edges of the pans. Said sections are provided near one end with slots at to receive a removafit the sides of the casing, and provided centrally with an arched slot to receive the end of the brush-shaft E, and secured in place by screws w. 00, passing through-the sides of ,the casing. To the outer side of this partition D are secured, by screws f, the wheel-hangers F sions .F F, connected by a spiral or other My invention relates to carpet-sweepers,the

ble partition, D, shaped on its upper side to' F, saidhangers being provided at their lower ends with stud-bearings to receive the wheels G G, andbeing arranged at opposite inclinations, and provided with theupward extenspring, F. This construction and arrangement of the wheel-hangers and wheels allows with a journal, e, bearing in the brush-hanger H, while the opposite end of said shaft is provided with a friction-wheel, E, adapted to bear betweenthe wheels G G, to be revolved thereby, and provided with a stud-journal, 6, adapted to bearina hanger, H, secured to the adjacent end-of the casing. These hangers H H each consists of a strip of spring-steel, pro vided at the outer sides 'of their upper ends and the inner sides of their lower ends with 7 5" iron blocks h h, the lower block, 7z,being provided with bearings h" to receive the journals of the shaft-rollers.

Each of the brush=hangers H H is secured within a slot, h formed in the ends of the cas- 8o ing, and each of said hangers is provided at about its center with an elongated slot, If, through which projects a set-screw, 71?, having a square head fitted within said slot to prevent a the turning of the screw, and secured by a disk, 8 5 h, on the outer side of each of the ends of the casing. These disks h are perforated and in teriorally threaded to receive the outer ends of the. screws if, and each is provided with a slot, h, 'to facilitate the turning of the disk.

By the devices thus described the brushhangersinay be raised and lowered, as desired, it only being necessary to loosen the disk-nuts h to adjust the hangers, and to tighten said disks to secure the hangers in the position desired. Thus the brush-shaft may be kept in the proper position relative to the floor.

I I represent the pans of the sweeper, pro-- vided with journals 7: 1', adapted to bear, re

spectively, inbearings formed in one end of ICO the casing, and in bearings i 2', formed in the partition. One of said pans is provided at one end with a perforation, j, adapted to receive the hooked end 9'" of a spring, J, the latter being curved, as shown, and secured at its opposite end to a screw or stud, j", projecting from the inner side ofthe end of the casing. Said pan is also provided above the perforation j with a perforation, k, adapted to receive the hooked end k of thecurvcd connectingwire K, the opposite end of which is bent to engage asimilar perforation of' the other pan. The pans are dumped by pressing with the finger on one end, k of one of the pans, thus overcoming the force of the spring J which tends to hold the pans in closed position. The pans move together through the agency of the connecting-wire K, and thein movement is limited in dum ing by the contact of the spring J with the journal '5 of the pan, to which said spring is attached. The pans are thrown back into position by pressing on the outer edge, k f

one of the pans.

It will be apparent from the foregoing de scription that the partition permits of the ready removal and adjustment of the wheels of the sweeper, that the brush-hangers, being of spring-steel, will effectually prevent rattling of the brush-shaft, and at the same time permit of a ready removal of said shaft.

I am aware that the brush-shaft of a carpetsweeper has'been supported in bearings formed spring-metal strips H H, each having a thickin adjustable spring-metal strips; also, I am aware that arod has been connected to both pans of a sweeper, whereby they may be dumped simultaneously by operating said rod;

hence I would have it understood that I make Patent, is-

1. In a carpet-sweeper, the combination, with the bearings of the brush-shaft, of the ened bearing in its lower and freeend for the bearings'of the brush-shaft, said strips being provided with elongated vertical slots, setscrews having rectangular heads that fitinthe slots in said strips," and a disk located in the outer side of the casing and secured to said set-screws, substantially as set forth.

2. The'combination', with the casingandthe pans j ourn'aled in bearings formed therein, as described, of the spring-rod secured at one'end to the casing, and connected at its opposite end with one of the pans, and a connecting wire or spring secured to the pans, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscrib ing witnesses. I I

WIN FIELD SCOTT CARTER; Witnesses:

E.. W. NETTLETON, O. R. 000K. 

